Vilnai's shoaic dimensions part I - IDF kills more than 40, more than Hundred hurt, Two IDF-soldiers killed

At least 45 Palestinians were killed, among them 10 civilians - including five children and three women - during an ongoing Israel Defense Forces ground incursion near the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabaliya which began before dawn Saturday.

The two soldiers, both from the Givati Brigade, were killed by Palestinian gunfire in two separate incidents early Saturday morning. Military sources that the two died during routine action against terrorist activity in the Jabaliya area. The families of both soldiers have been notified.